Bundle carrier



Y Sept'. 16, 1924.

G. W. KUEBER BUNDLE CARRIER Filed Jan. 5.

1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 MIN a noauto/6 Sept. 16, 1924.v

2 SheetB-Shgqg 2 G. W. KUEBER BUNDLE CARRIER Filed dan. ks. 1920 shown in dotted lines in Figure t the grain will move toward and through the outlet when the door or closure 28 is opened. An upright guard 36 will serve to prevent the grain from passing beyond the door opening.

As the handlingof grain during and subsequent to the bundling operation and particularly during the in terval of discharge of the bundles from the binder table and the arrangement of the bundles in shocks results in the detachment of a relatively large proportion of grain which ordinarily is dropped upon the ground and lost or Wasted, a means such as above described for catching the same will result in the course of a days harvesting in effecting considerable economy Aand the only additional Worlrdevolving. uponthe operator in convnectiontherewith is the tilting of the carrier at suitable intervals to cause the discharge of the accumulated loose grain into a suitable Yreceptacle by Which it may be conveyed tothe bin orstorage house to be combined With the grain Which is subsequently separated in the ordinary Way by the threshing operation. Y Y

Preferably the apron of the conveyor consists essentially of the transverse slats 1'? connecting the chains l5 and arranged to traverse thev surface of a screen 37 Which .ioacas is secured to the frame l0, so that the movement of the apron with reference to the screen serves as a means of directing the grain through the screen for reception by the grain bon located below the plane thereof.

TWhat is claimed is:

l. A bundle carrier having a frame, an endless conveyor mounted upon the frame, a grain box arranged beneath the conveyor and provided at one end With a closure, and movable batl'les arranged at intervals through the length of said grain box for normally preventing the shifting of grain received thereby. v

2. A bundle carrier having a frame, a conveyor disposed for movement longitudinally of said frame, a grain box arranged beneath the conveyor and provided at one end with a closure controlling an outlet', tiltable baffles arranged at intervals throughout the length of the grain box to normally prevent the longitudinal shifting of the grain therein, a lever operatively connected With said baliles for moving the latter to grain releasing positions, and means for normally holding said lever With the baffles in their operative positions.

ln testimony whereof he atiXes his signature.

GEORGE W. KUEBER 

